Nicki Minaj is a Trinidadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Born in 1982, she’s one of the world’s best-selling music artists, and the best-selling female rapper, with over 100 million records sold. Minaj is nicknamed “Queen of Rap” and is considered one of the most influential rappers of all time. (Joe here: I have some problems with saying she’s that influential. Has anyone else heard of Tupac or Biggie?)
From Wikipedia:
Minaj is the recipient of numerous accolades, including nine American Music Awards, a Brit Award, thirteen BET Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, eight MTV Video Music Awards, twelve MTV Europe Music Awards, six People’s Choice Awards, and a Soul Train Music Award. She has received a total of 12 Grammy Award nominations, including for Best New Artist, Best Rap Album, and Best Rap Performance. She has won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video five times (“Super Bass“, “Anaconda“, “Chun-Li“, “Do We Have a Problem?” and “Super Freaky Girl“) and won a Best Female Video Award (“Starships“). Minaj is the only rapper to win the BET Award for Best Female Hip Hop Artist eight times. In 2012, Forbes included Minaj in its 30 Under 30 listicle of music. She was featured in the magazine’s Celebrity 100 listicle in 2015 and 2016. In 2016, Time named Minaj one of the most influential people in the world in its annual Time 100, and featured her on one of the physical covers of the issue. In 2019, Billboard Women in Music awarded her with the Game Changer Award. In 2023, Minaj became the first black artist and the first female rapper to win the MTV Europe Music Award for Best US Act.
Like any other celebrity, Minaj does the interview circuit when promoting an album, concert, etc. So it wasn’t particularly surprising to see her on Late Night with Stephen Colbert a while back. During the interview, he presented her with the Colbert Questionert (I see what he did there!), which is typically a bunch of ordinary questions like “What’s the best sandwich?” “What was the first concert you went to?” “Apples or oranges?” etc.
Anyway, one of the questions he asked her was if she’d rather sit in the window or aisle seat. And that’s where her quick wit shone through:
@colbertlateshow Is @nickiminaj taking the window or the aisle seat? #ColbertQuestionert ✈️👀
As one outlet said, “Tell me you’re rich without telling me that you’re rich.” 😉
Anyway, it made me laugh out loud, so I figured I’d share. Enjoy the rest of your day, travel friends!
Feature Photo (2010): Phillip Nelson / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 2.0
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